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Low earnings, high land prices and a shortage of let farmland discourage young people from joining the industry. The average (median) age of the British farm holder was about 60 in 2016; the UK government has stopped collecting age data for farmers. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Women were historically rarely farm owners in agriculture in the United Kingdom, [1] but the number who own or lease farms is rising rapidly in the 21st century; by 2013 there were 25,000. [ 2 ] A 2014 survey by Farmers Weekly showed that 59% of women felt that agriculture was at least as good as other industries in equal opportunities for women.
The UK produces only 60% of the food it consumes. The vast majority of imports and exports are with other Western European countries. [28] Farming is subsidised, with subsidies to farmers totalling more than £3 billion. [29] England has a long tradition of animal welfare, being the first country in the world to enact animal welfare legislation ...
November 30, 2024 at 11:14 AM ... "The average farm size in the south west is 170 acres and the value of agricultural land varies from £9,500 to £21,000 per acre." ... Government research found ...
The average farm size rose from 441 acres (178 hectares) in 2017 to 463 acres (187 hectares) in 2022. ... The average age of farmers continues to rise and reached 58.1, up 0.6 year from 2017 ...
The gender gap in land productivity between female- and male managed farms of the same size is 24 percent. On average, women earn 18.4 percent less than men in wage employment in agriculture; this means that women receive 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.
A 1997 study by the United States Small Farms Commission defined small farms as those with less than $250,000 in gross receipts annually on which day-to-day labor and management are provided by the farmer and/or the farm family that owns the production, or owns or leases the productive assets. In 2000, such farms accounted for about 90% of the ...
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